@article{Lensch_Runge_2000, title={ATEEL: The Advanced Technology Environmental Education Library}, volume={5}, url={https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/762}, DOI={10.5210/fm.v5i6.762}, abstractNote={The field of environmental technology education is a rapidly changing, multifaceted field that requires students to have access to a rich, reliable, and up-to-date resource base of information. Nearly all 1,200 community colleges in the U.S. offer some type of environmental courses. Over 100 community colleges offer one-year certificate or two-year associate degree programs in environmental technology. The constant change in federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations impacts and quickly dates the curricula in environmental programs. New regulations, discoveries, and emerging technologies change the nature of the knowledge and skills required of environmental technicians. Community college libraries have fixed budgets that may curtail purchasing the wide array of supplemental materials that are current with developments in the field. This problem is drawn into even sharper focus as increasing numbers of colleges offer environmental programs via distance learning. ATEEL is an innovative, online library designed to serve the specialized needs of community college environmental technology students, instructors, and workers throughout the nation.}, number={6}, journal={First Monday}, author={Lensch, Ellen J. Kabat and Runge, Kay Kretschmar}, year={2000}, month={Jun.} }